Bus driver accused of driving drunk while taking students to school in Southern CaliforniaOctober 1st, 2009 Calif. school bus driver accused of driving drunkOJAI, Calif. — A California school bus driver who was taking 31 students to school has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk after her bus and a pickup truck collided.
APNewsBreak: Once tens of millions in the red, Oral Roberts Univ. to announce it's debt-freeSeptember 23rd, 2009 Oral Roberts University to announce it's debt-freeTULSA, Okla. — Oral Roberts University is set to announce that the Tulsa evangelical school is finally debt-free after being tens of millions of dollars in the red.
Utah school district to appeal ruling it showed prejudice in rejecting India nativeSeptember 15th, 2009 Utah school district to appeal ruling over hiringSALT LAKE CITY — A southern Utah school district says it plans to appeal a Utah Labor Commission judge's ruling that its officials engaged in racial profiling and prejudice when they rejected a man from India for a substitute teaching position shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Calif. will begin redeeming IOUs as interest payments will cost taxpayers nearly $10 millionSeptember 3rd, 2009 Calif. to pay nearly $10 million on IOU interestSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California taxpayers will pay nearly $10 million in interest on the nearly half a million IOUs the state has issued this summer.
Prosecutors to charge former student in Northern Calif. high school bomb attack as an adultAugust 26th, 2009 Teen in school bomb attack to be charged as adultSAN MATEO, Calif. — Prosecutors say a 17-year-old boy who detonated two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives will be charged as an adult.
California board rejects 2 schools' plan to use summer school to make up for lost class timeJuly 10th, 2009 State flunks Calif schools' extended year planCHINO HILLS, Calif. — State education officials have given a failing grade to a plan by two Southern California elementary schools to use extended summer sessions to make up for lost class time.
Calif. board rejects district plan to use summer session to make up class time, avoid lossesJuly 10th, 2009 Calif. rejects district plan to make up class timeCHINO HILLS, Calif. — State education officials on Thursday rejected a plan by a Southern California school district to use summer classes to make up for a scheduling error that could cost the district millions of dollars.
Supreme Court won't decide whether high school students can form Bible club in schoolJune 29th, 2009 Court won't get involved in Bible club questionWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to stop a school district from blocking a group of Christian students from forming a Bible club on campus. The court refused to hear an appeal from the high school students who wanted to form the Truth Bible Club at Kentridge High School in Washington state in 2001.
District's error axes summer break for 2 Southern California elementary schoolsJune 25th, 2009 District's error axes summer break for 2 schoolsCHINO HILLS, Calif. — It's a kid's worst nightmare — just as the last bell has rung for summer break, a school district's error sentences students to another six weeks in class.
School's not out for summer: error means hundreds of Calif kids stuck in class 34 more daysJune 16th, 2009 Some Calif. kids may get 34 extra school daysCHINO, Calif. — Summer is going to be a lot shorter for hundreds of elementary school students in two Southern California communities.
Michigan cuts horse racing schedule because of state budget reductionsJune 2nd, 2009 Michigan cuts horse racing dates due to budgetLANSING, Mich. — Michigan is eliminating horse racing dates this summer because of the state's budget problems.
California high school and middle school teams win Energy Department's science bowlMay 5th, 2009 California teams win national science bowlWASHINGTON — An astronomical diagram pointed a Sacramento, Calif., high school team toward victory Monday in the National Science Bowl. The five students from Mira Loma High School recognized a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, used by astronomers to study stars, in the finals of the competition, sponsored by the Energy Department.
50 years of federal court oversight ends; judge rules Galveston schools are desegregatedMay 2nd, 2009 Judge rules Galveston schools integratedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Galveston school district is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit initiated in 1959. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston issued the ruling Friday.
50 years of federal court oversight ends; judge rules Texas city's schools are desegregatedMay 2nd, 2009 Judge rules Texas city's schools integratedGALVESTON, Texas — A federal judge has ruled that the Galveston public school system is desegregated, ending a civil rights lawsuit that was initiated in 1959. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake of Houston issued the ruling Friday, saying the district's history of compliance with a 1969 desegregation plan showed that the schools had fully integrated.
Dallas school district hosts online auction of items purchased by its own credit card abusersApril 22nd, 2009 School district hosts credit-card abuse auctionDALLAS — The Dallas Independent School District is conducting an online auction this month of items confiscated from employees who fraudulently used the district's credit cards. The Dallas Morning News reported Tuesday that the 72 auction items were turned over to the district by the FBI.
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